Efe Baltacıgil – Upcoming Concerts
Principal Cello of the Grammy-winning Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Turkey’s String Player of the Year, 2013, and awardee of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Mr. Baltacıgil is lauded for his risk-taking, passionate performances that immediately capture the heart and imagination.
Recipient of the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, the Washington Performing Arts Society Prize, and first prize in concerto competitions of Istanbul, New York, and the Allentown, Pennsylvania Schadt String Competition, Baltacıgil experienced early acclaim as winner of the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Recipient of a bachelor’s degree from the Mimar Sinan University Conservatory in Istanbul and an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, Efe began his professional career in the United States as Associate Principal Cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra before joining the Seattle Symphony as Principal Cello in 2011.
The Seattle Series: Efe Baltacıgil, Noah Geller, Jose Franch-Ballester, & Benjamin Hochman
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Olivier Messiaen — Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
$55 ($35 ages 30 & under, $25 low income, $15 music student)